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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60The DissolveNoah BerlatskyThe DissolveNoah BerlatskyThe film is hyper-aware of the ridiculousness of the patriarchal obsession with masculinity-as-penis-size—and yet, in the end, and rather helplessly, it’s still mired in a banal narrative of masculine self-actualization.
- 50The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyVan Damme’s performance is about the only element left unscathed by the movie’s compulsion to point out its own absurdity.
- 38Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaDirector Rob Meltzer, who made the kind-of-amusing meta short "I Am Stamos," directs things in shameless, let's-get-this-thing-over-with style, throwing in some gratuitous topless (female) nudity and allowing the usually amusing Kristen Schaal to let loose with a barrage of potty-mouthisms.
- 30Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyLos Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyIt is difficult to tell whether the filmmakers intended Welcome to the Jungle as a satire or a farce. It is neither funny enough, nor clever enough, to measure up in either case.
- 20New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe real challenge is for viewers, who must tolerate overacting, idiotic scatological jokes and juvenile innuendo. The only way it might be endurable is if you’re wasted, too.
- 20The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe story makes 94 minutes seem as long as a season of Lost and as fresh as the seventh viewing of a Gilligan's Island rerun.
- 0Village VoiceErnest HardyVillage VoiceErnest HardyWelcome to the Jungle, directed by Rob Meltzer from a script by Jeff Kauffmann, is satanically bad.